Americans are NOT stupid

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:38 am

Okay...i knew Americans aren't the brightest on the planet...i knew that they are woefully uneducated, especially in history...but seriously people! i have lost all faith in America...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:45 am

I feel so guilty, cause I was the one that showed her that.

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:53 am

Skittles! wrote:I feel so guilty, cause I was the one that showed her that.

Skittles, dammit.
Look, that was only a few people, expect that to represent over 300 million? By the way, youtube is a bad choice to fall back on for info.

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:55 am

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:I feel so guilty, cause I was the one that showed her that.
Skittles, dammit.
Look, that was only a few people, expect that to represent over 300 million? By the way, youtube is a bad choice to fall back on for info.

Actually, it was CNNNN, which takes the piss out of things.

And the one thing that shocked me the most, was that someone of old age doesn't know how many World Wars there have been.

muy_thaiguy · Post by **muy_thaiguy** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:57 am

Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:I feel so guilty, cause I was the one that showed her that.
Skittles, dammit.
Look, that was only a few people, expect that to represent over 300 million? By the way, youtube is a bad choice to fall back on for info.
Actually, it was CNNNN, which takes the piss out of things.

And the one thing that shocked me the most, was that someone of old age doesn't know how many World Wars there have been.

Unfortunetly, there are idiots for every country.

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:58 am

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:I feel so guilty, cause I was the one that showed her that.
Skittles, dammit.
Look, that was only a few people, expect that to represent over 300 million? By the way, youtube is a bad choice to fall back on for info.
Actually, it was CNNNN, which takes the piss out of things.

And the one thing that shocked me the most, was that someone of old age doesn't know how many World Wars there have been.
Unfortunetly, there are idiots for every country.

Uhm, of course, but how many adults do not know who won the Vietnam War, or how many World Wars there have been? What about the religion for Israel?

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:58 am

obviously, i realize that all Americans are not like this...but you look at this...and then i look at the kids at my school...and its really quite depressing...

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:01 am

Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Skittles! wrote:I feel so guilty, cause I was the one that showed her that.
Skittles, dammit.
Look, that was only a few people, expect that to represent over 300 million? By the way, youtube is a bad choice to fall back on for info.
Actually, it was CNNNN, which takes the piss out of things.

And the one thing that shocked me the most, was that someone of old age doesn't know how many World Wars there have been.
Unfortunetly, there are idiots for every country.
Uhm, of course, but how many adults do not know who won the Vietnam War, or how many World Wars there have been? What about the religion for Israel?

three quarters of the teaching staff at my school did not know what countries we fought with during the Cold War...

and seriously...where is the Berlin Wall...how hard is that? Country that starts with a U? What religion are Buddhist Monks? How many sides does a triangle have...there is no excuse for that last one especially...

Hitman079 · Post by **Hitman079** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:03 am

i didn't see any wrong answers in that video

on a serious note, this is why i'm ashamed of wearing shirts that say "proud american" and other stuff like that.

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:06 am

s.xkitten wrote:
three quarters of the teaching staff at my school did not know what countries we fought with during the Cold War...

and seriously...where is the Berlin Wall...how hard is that? Country that starts with a U? What religion are Buddhist Monks? How many sides does a triangle have...there is no excuse for that last one especially...

Sounds like you live in some total backwater. And I thought southwest Washington was heavy on the hick-side.......

I don't recall my peers in high school being THAT dumb, but then, some were very close.

Anarchy Ninja · Post by **Anarchy Ninja** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:08 am

I'm pretty sure some of those people have to just be joking

b.k. barunt · Post by **b.k. barunt** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:10 am

s.xkitten wrote:obviously, i realize that all Americans are not like this...

Really? Then explain to me how Bush got elected twice, if we are not truly a nation of morons. "All Americans are not like this", but i'd say it's clear that they're in the majority.

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:11 am

Jenos Ridan wrote:
s.xkitten wrote:
three quarters of the teaching staff at my school did not know what countries we fought with during the Cold War...

and seriously...where is the Berlin Wall...how hard is that? Country that starts with a U? What religion are Buddhist Monks? How many sides does a triangle have...there is no excuse for that last one especially...
Sounds like you live in some total backwater. And I thought southwest Washington was heavy on the hick-side.......

I don't recall my peers in high school being THAT dumb, but then, some were very close.

yeah, that would be because America actually valued its education then...now, we just need them smart enough to kill people...

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:22 am

s.xkitten wrote:
Jenos Ridan wrote:
s.xkitten wrote:
three quarters of the teaching staff at my school did not know what countries we fought with during the Cold War...

and seriously...where is the Berlin Wall...how hard is that? Country that starts with a U? What religion are Buddhist Monks? How many sides does a triangle have...there is no excuse for that last one especially...
Sounds like you live in some total backwater. And I thought southwest Washington was heavy on the hick-side.......

I don't recall my peers in high school being THAT dumb, but then, some were very close.
yeah, that would be because America actually valued its education then...now, we just need them smart enough to kill people...

I graduated in '05, so it wasn't THAT long ago. Maybe your school is underfunded.

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:26 am

the school i used to go to was a private boarding school...how on earth could it be underfunded...

and...well...maybe you got lucky with your teachers, but the kids here, don't give a shit about learning...

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:35 am

EDIT (cursed spelling error......)

Also helps that I have an above average IQ and was reading at college-level when I was in middle-school. A public school, mind you. And yet, they still put me in the 'special education' classes since I was in 1st grade! First the 'special' special ed, then the one for the delinquets and emotionally troubled.

Ah Public school...... I knew even then it was going to perdition in a hand-basket.

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:42 am

i've gone to private school since kindergarden...nah, preschool...its helped make me who i am today student wise...i can't help it, i have to be the smartest in class...its rather annoying really, i read textbooks instead of normal books just so i'm ahead...

Stopper · Post by **Stopper** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:20 am

What an excellent video, kitten, thanks for that. It's always nice to have one's prejudices confirmed.

Jenos Ridan wrote:And yet, they still put me in the 'special education' classes since I was in 1st grade!

No! You, really? Unbelievable. Shocking.

Aegnor · Post by **Aegnor** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:06 am

Ejumikashion? Ahhhhh.

Skoffin · Post by **Skoffin** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:59 am

I find it odd that so many people when sticking their pins on that board landed on Australia. Oh no, we're now North Korea!

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:01 am

Skoffin wrote: I find it odd that so many people when sticking their pins on that board landed on Australia. Oh no, we're now North Korea!

Oh, if you didn't notice, it was because CNNNN changed the name of Australia to North Korea and Iran.

KiwiTaker · Post by **KiwiTaker** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:14 am

Education has been going downhill everywhere think. Or it could just be a western thing.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:59 am

Jesus f*ck. Nobody can possibly be this stupid:

"What state does KFC come from"
"No freaking idea"
"Do you know what it stands for?"
"Kentucky Fried Chicken"

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:00 am

unriggable wrote:Jesus f*ck. Nobody can possibly be this stupid:

"What state does KFC come from"
"No freaking idea"
"Do you know what it stands for?"
"Kentucky Fried Chicken"

Unfortunatly they are.

Jehan · Post by **Jehan** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:06 am

man i loved cnnnn, i think even more than chaser's war on everything, can you get cnnnn from the abc website?